Claire McCaskill

There is a new phone system that has been put in. And there are a large number of complaints about how efficiently it is working.

I have never heard the President of the United States say a bad word about Russia--ever.

it's important for everyone to have really clear guidance on what the standard is.

I do think there is a lot of bipartisan support for us giving the IRS the resources that it needs.

I know the Ranking Member and I are not going to go away until we're sure everybody's covered.

I have some legislation on bridge contracts. I have seen them all over the Federal Government, and they almost always are a huge mistake.

Under this new policy will substantiated allegations be annotated on the current fitness/evaluation report even if the conduct did not occur during that rating period?

this Committee needs to know what standard is going to be used for substantiation.

this needs to be clearly delineated.

we've lost that fundamental military lever of enforcement.

It is embarrassing how generous this tax bill was to families like mine, yours. It is embarrassing.

Let's figure out a time we can both be there, and have the head lawyer for each service come and sit down.

It--not only before a convening authority, it's before there's even a preliminary hearing.

Any characterization that prosecutors are not involved in investigating and advising these cases is just incorrect.

We have cut, against the objections of many of us, almost a billion dollars from the IRS budget in the last 7 years.

I cannot imagine that anybody in America thinks it makes any sense that if we have an entity that is operating in a sea of red ink, that the first thing we do is see if we could not just cut and cut and cut the receivables department.

So Tribute is going to show up again, maybe not at DOD, but at another agency. How are we going to ding them so we quit hiring them?

I mean, I just think it is outrageous. I do not understand it.

I am going to be cranky if it is just an add-on. If you do not get rid of some of these, it is going to drive me nuts.

Codifying the role of the JRC, as recently proposed by Senator McCaskill, and ensuring that the Department continues to follow sound acquisition practices will help increase accountability for the billions of dollars that the Department…

I think it is really important, the reauthorization of DHS. I think it rises to the level of a hearing.

Well, I am going to need more explanation about this because this could be a trend.

Is there a plan to phase out B-1s prior to B-2s, or will they be phased out at the same time?

I am assuming that both bomber wings that are equipped with B-1 and B-2 bombers will be re-equipped with B-21s?

Well, I want to be there, a fly on the wall, when the FBI and State Department and all these people give up their centers because if you can do that, then we can definitely get jurisdiction away from Finance, Judiciary, and Commerce.